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Panic! Poison? Terrorism?! When April Fools Disasters Attack

DRI Drive

Let’s face it: in a best-case scenario, an April Fools’ Day prank may elicit a mild chuckle from the target of the joke. But the other end of the spectrum can be a nightmare for the emergency management crowd, including mass panic, ecological destruction, or even a potential international incident! Reader’s Digest collected some of […]. The post Panic!

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Provide Input to FEMA

Recovery Diva

FEMA Seeks Feedback on Draft of Emergency Management Guide for Senior Officials. FEMA will host a series of 60-minute webinar sessions to provide an overview of the draft Local Elected and Appointed Officials Guide and to gather feedback from whole community partners.

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Environmental consequences of war 

Crisis Response Journal

Serhii Ivianuta reports on the current destruction of the ecological balance and growing threats to environmental security caused by conflict in Ukraine

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The Ukraine War's Three Clocks

The Rand Blog

As the war in Ukraine creeps into its second month, perhaps the most common question is: How will it end? Ultimately, the answer comes down to three internal clocks—Ukraine's, which is counting down in years, Russia's, in months, and the United States and NATO's, which is stalled at the moment but could restart quite quickly.

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SME Relationships: Proven Solutions for Seamless Collaboration and Success

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

💢 Do you find yourself stuck in never-ending review cycles? Are you wondering if your Subject Matter Expert actually got that last review request? Are you having trouble trying to decipher impractical or conflicting feedback? 💢 If any of these scenarios sounds familiar, you may benefit from a crash course on managing SME relationships!

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Will the Russia-Ukraine War Cause Global Food Shortages? It’s Complicated

DRI Drive

As the invasion of Ukraine continues, agricultural supply disruptions are impacting harvests and global fertilizer production are causing spikes in food prices, transportation and more. But can other countries provide relief? Russia and Ukraine account for roughly 30% of global wheat exports, and Russia is the top fertilizer exporter worldwide. Both countries have suspended exports […].

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Disaster Zone Podcast: ‘Realtime Situational Awareness’

Disaster Zone

Measuring earthquake impacts to buildings in real time.

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Learning from stories

arunpraka shray

Last weekend I was studying an article about the power of “Bragging about your teams” rather than “bragging about yourself” based on a conversation on a recent animation movie on Disney Hotstar: Raya and the Last Dragon. The movie has been a personal favourite since its launch because of the effortless storytelling & a solid proof of Remote work can create amazing results.

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Survey: CIOs Know Their Risks – But Not Business Continuity

DRI Drive

A recent survey of CIOs shows that nearly all of them are aware of the threats coming down the pike – but far fewer of them are using the resilience and mitigation tools that would help them survive. Out of 1,000 polled for the 2021 Global CIO Survey, 94% acknowledge some form of serious threat […]. The post Survey: CIOs Know Their Risks – But Not Business Continuity appeared first on DRI Drive.

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Pending Legislation

Recovery Diva

From HStoday: Legislation to Help At-Risk Communities Invest in Disaster Mitigation Projects Advances in Senate. The bill would require FEMA to use data from the NRI, or a similar tool, to establish community disaster resilience zones.

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Is Training the Right Solution?

Speaker: Tim Buteyn

Let's set the scene: you’ve identified a critical performance gap in your organization and need to close that gap. A colleague suggests training, but you suspect there’s something going on that training can’t address. How can you determine if training is the right solution before you commit your budget and resources to a new training program? In this webinar, you will learn how to determine if training is the right solution using the Behavior Engineering Model.

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Alert and Warning Collaborative TA Workshop

Disaster Zone

Don't screw up a warning. It is a very public mistake.

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ISC West Wraps 2022 Event With Record-Breaking Growth

Security Industry Association

ISC West, in collaboration with premier sponsor the Security Industry Association, closed out the first major security and public safety event for 2022 last week with a record-breaking attendance growth of 88% ahead of last July’s event. NORWALK, Conn. – ISC West , hosted in collaboration with premier sponsor the Security Industry Association (SIA), came to a close last Friday with record-breaking attendance growth for 2022.

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Registration Now Open for the ?DRI Resilience Excellence Summit – May 2-4, 2022

DRI Drive

DRI International will be hosting the Resilience Excellence Summit — a free online event May 2-4, 2022 — including educational sessions and a few words from our Awards of Excellence winners. We launched the Resilience Excellence Summit last year, when in-person conferences were impossible. Even though we did hold a hugely successful, in-person conference this year, many of you […].

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Five Considerations for Choosing Self-Managed Automation vs. SaaS Automation by Greg Chase

PagerDuty

Sometimes heritage is better than new. Some people favor Coca-Cola Classic over New Coke, and heirloom tomatoes over regular tomatoes. Some Luddites might say the same thing about cloud computing. “I won’t put my (app/data) in the cloud! It will be more (secure | reliable | cheaper) if I run it myself in my own data center.”. All kidding aside, there are legitimate reasons why you might choose the self-managed version of PagerDuty® Process Automation On Prem —previously known as Rundeck Enterpr

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Revitalizing Dry Content: A Lesson in Engagement

Speaker: Tim Buteyn, President of ThinkingKap Learning Solutions

We’ve all been there. You’ve been given a pile of dry content and asked to create a compelling eLearning course. You’re determined to create something more engaging than the same old course that learners quickly click through, but how do you take this “boring” content and create something relevant and engaging? Many instructional designers will say, “Boring in means boring out.

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Algorithms Teach Us Why Equity Is Hard

The Rand Blog

If all the shortcomings of humanity were stripped away, equity would still be an elusive goal for algorithms for reasons that have more to do with mathematical impossibilities than backward ideologies. But even if attaining equity is fundamentally difficult, seeking it is not futile.

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Investigative Journalism

Recovery Diva

How they did it: Washington Post reporters reveal FEMA failures, denial of disaster aid to Black families in the South.

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South Florida Law Firms Calls LAN Infotech For ProLaw Help

LAN Infotech

South Florida Law Firms Calls LAN Infotech For ProLaw Help. Is your firm using or considering ProLaw for your front office, back office, or both? If so, LAN InfoTech is here to help you get the most from your ProLaw experience! We offer ProLaw support and services to legal and professional service organizations throughout Fort Lauderdale and Florida.

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Making Environmental Stewardship a Priority for Business

BMC

Every April, we celebrate Earth Day, and this year, BMC is taking it a step further with a whole month of activities for our inaugural Climate Action Month. And we’re not alone. More and more companies are doubling down on sustainability by putting their money and muscle behind it. How much money? How about $120 trillion? That’s the size of the asset portfolio managed by investors who have committed to focus on environmental, social, and governance (ESG) considerations when investing by si

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Brain Fog HQ: Memory Enhancement Techniques for Professional Development

Speaker: Chester Santos – Author, International Keynote Speaker, Executive Coach, Corporate Trainer, Memory Expert, U.S. Memory Champion

In October, scientists discovered that 75% of patients who experienced brain fog had a lower quality of life at work than those who did not. At best, brain fog makes you slower and less efficient. At worst, your performance and cognitive functions are impaired, resulting in memory, management, and task completion problems. In this entertaining and interactive presentation, Chester Santos, "The International Man of Memory," will assist you in developing life-changing skills that will greatly enha

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Cyber Protection Week 2022: The need (and demand) for integration grows

Acronis

With the release of this year’s Acronis Cyber Protection Week Report, IT users and professionals from around the globe show overconfidence, more experience suffering from data loss and a greater need for integrated cyber protection solutions.

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BCM and ERM: What’s the Difference?

Castellan

At a high level, it may seem natural to use the terms business continuity management and enterprise risk management interchangeably. Some people may even think they’re just terms representing the same thing. While there are some congruences between them, there are some unique distinctions that separate the two, and in many regards, they’re actually completely different business functions.

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Putin's Actions in Ukraine Are Spilling North

The Rand Blog

The decision of seven Arctic countries to suspend collaborative work with Russia in the Arctic is by far the most severe and consequential break in cooperation the region has ever seen. This breakdown of Arctic diplomacy could have several important impacts on the region and could potentially threaten the United States as well as its allies.

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Empowering Partners with Presales Tools for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise

BMC

To succeed now and in the future, every organization, regardless of industry, must evolve to become a technology-driven company. As they adapt to keep up with the rapid pace of change, digital transformation is key, and partners have a vital role to play. According to a recent Harvard Business Review Analytic Services report, digital transformation efforts are expected “to reach $1.78 trillion [and] the role of presales—also known as sales engineering, solution architecture, solution consulting,

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PagerDuty’s People-First Approach to Community by Joe Militello

PagerDuty

People First is a philosophy we put into practice every day. Today, we’re diving into the evolving ways that we do so through community building, with our employees and around the globe. . 75% of Dutonians work primarily from home, versus 20% two years ago. Distributed is our new normal. All new hires have the chance to select a work mode that best suits them—hybrid, in-office, or anywhere—to provide ultimate flexibility in where they work. .

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SIA New Member Profile: Quanergy

Security Industry Association

New Security Industry Association (SIA) member Quanergy provides smart light detection and ranging (LiDAR) solutions for automotive and Internet of Things (IoT) applications to enhance people’s experiences and safety. The company is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California, and supports its customer base with regional support staff in the Asia-Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, Africa and North America.

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The Art of Sitting on Bayonets

The Rand Blog

Russian President Vladimir Putin might have assumed that once conquered, Ukraine would be easy to hold. But there has been no lightning success, no defecting Ukrainian soldiers. If he can't find collaborators, Putin's chances of achieving even reduced ambitions in Ukraine may be dim indeed.

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Empowering Partners with Presales Tools for the Autonomous Digital Enterprise

BMC

To succeed now and in the future, every organization, regardless of industry, must evolve to become a technology-driven company. As they adapt to keep up with the rapid pace of change, digital transformation is key, and partners have a vital role to play. According to a recent Harvard Business Review Analytic Services report, digital transformation […].

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How Pure Is Improving the World through People, Technology, and Business

Pure Storage

Helping innovators protect, manage, and benefit from their data is Pure’s Mission and the reason we have grown so quickly. Today, we are proud to share new data about Pure’s performance: our first Environmental, Social, and Governance report. Our customers and partners choose Pure based on many factors. We’ve historically quantified everything from our product performance, to the lifetime cost savings of our Evergreen ™ architecture, and even the size of our operating manual (one tent card front

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Ukraine: Urgent lessons for all Nations

Resilience Association

Australia is understandably concerned about China's growing influence in the Indo-Pacific region, especially when the Solomon Islands has confirmed it is drafting a security deal with China where they are urgently develo.

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The Ukrainian Military Has Defied Expectations. Here Is How U.S. Security Aid Contributed

The Rand Blog

Ukraine's military was unprepared and largely ineffective when Russia's military seized Crimea in 2014. By 2022, Ukraine appears to have overcome at least some of the earlier challenges. Did U.S. security assistance make the Ukrainian military more effective?

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10 Ways to Make Your Safety Culture Thrive

National Fire Protection Association

Safety implications for businesses extend far beyond injury and property damage. An effective safety culture is critical to ensuring that business operations and output continue, and that facilities remain incident-free. Here are ten ways that organizations can invest in a strong safety culture to ensure that people, property, and productivity are safeguarded.

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Modernizing Citrix digital workspace solutions

Citrix

Today, Citrix is announcing a new, streamlined approach for our digital workspace solutions that strengthens the value of our cloud services, align our offerings to distinct business use cases, and empower you — our valued customers — to personalize your … The post Modernizing Citrix digital workspace solutions first appeared on Citrix Blogs. Related Stories What separates DaaS from traditional VDI?